MLC and Exchanges

This past week has been an amazing week! We had MLC this past week
that was really uplifting and educating. We had quite a few lessons
with our investigators and so far they are all stuck at this point to
where they can not take a leap of faith at the moment. But we have
seen the spirit touch their hearts and little steps are being made. I
had the chance to go on an exchange with Elder Hilario, he came out
with me and he got to skip the MTC because he is from here. His family
is in this Ward right now haha but it was an amazing experience
getting to learn from him and receiving some counseling on how to help
them and improve.

Norma's Baptism

This has been an amazing week! So to answer my mom's question Norma
was baptized on Saturday and I was able to go and baptize her :) that
was an incredible experience!
Within my own area we had some exchanges and I was able to go with
Elder Sheffield and go to an English area for the day, it was kind of
weird, but we did get to talk to many people and so that was awesome!
The next day we had Zone training meeting and interviews with
President Slaughter. I gave a training on chapter 2 of Preach my
Gospel and how important our studies and planning sessions are for our
investigators. It went really well, I used a track analogy to help
describe it haha as always we get to do service on Tuesdays and
Fridays and it has impressed me that the main employees that we work
with at the San Antonio Food Bank trust us so much do things right
haha but in world it is the same for members. We are unique in that
sense.

Area Repeats....

It is so wired being in one of the same areas, well kind of. 10th ward
is the English Ward that I covered about a year ago. Now being in the
Spanish Ward it is weird because I see people I know but I'm not in
their ward haha so right now it is just me and my companion in this
apartment that we are living in. Elder Burdge has been out six weeks
less than me so he goes home very soon as well.
This week has been crazy!! We have done 3 exchanges and have been
almost everywhere in the zone for some reason or another. I got to go
to Lackland Air Force base yesterday because we had to interview an
investigator for his baptism. So that was pretty cool! The senior
missionary who drove us onto base looked like a 1970s government
worker haha it was great! We have had a few good lessons this week
with some of our investigators. We taught the Sanchez family about
temples and we were going to read from a talk by President Monson but
then it turned into a discussion about God and how Him, the Son and
the Holy Ghost are separate beings. And we read scriptures that relate
accounts of people seeing God face to face and we could tell that she
was having a hard time understanding that haha but when we did talk
about the temples they were really excited about them.
Another exciting thing is that we got the Area book planner app. So
now we are entering in all the records that we have and they will all
be digital. And sometimes I am wondering if all the headaches are
worth it haha

Las Palmas!

So I am now in Las Palmas which is the Spanish ward here in the San
Antonio Texas stake and I am now companions with Elder Burdge. The
last few days have been great! We have had quite a few lessons and we
have been able to go do some service! Every Tuesday and Friday we go
to the San Antonio food bank and wee do some service for them, this
last week we did some sorting of all the different cold foods that
receive from donations. We did about 11,000 lbs of food and provided
over 6,000 meals.
So a little bit about the area. I cover the same ground that I covered
when I served here in 10th ward about a year ago but now I am in the
Spanish ward. I have flashbacks all the time haha
The few lessons we have had are solid families that are progressing
towards baptism and have those desires to do so. I am really excited
about this transfer! Oh as well we are getting the area book planner
app today that will be quite the change!

Last Transfer!

So we got our calls last night for transfers.... I will be getting
transferred on Thursday!! Not sure how I feel about it but it will all
work out!
This week has literally been crazy! So Elder Holt has some health
things he has to get taken care of and so he went home on Thursday. We
dropped him off at President Slaughter's house Wednesday night and boy
was that fun! Ice cream and a gospel discussion with President, mind
blown! But that was pretty sad about Elder Holt and for the week till
transfers I am in a trio with the mission creek elders. With them I am
at 16 companions for 17 transfers and I will get my last one this
week.
All the District leaders were invited to MLC( Mission Leadership
council) so that was sweet!!
Norma came to church on Sunday and so she still has a date set up for
the 18th of July.
I got to go onto Fort Sam Houston twice this week because I am with
the mission creek elders and that was a lot of fun! Got to go to
church and that was really cool! I am looking forward to what awaits
me in my 7th area and so I will tell you about next Monday!

Hace Calor!

This has been a great week!! To start off Norma came to church, after such a long time she came and has a date set for the 18th of July! We are really excited and after coming to church she has a little more motivation! Speaking of which we had a meeting early in the morning before church and after the meeting one of the Branch counselors asked if I could fill in for someone who couldn't make it. Thirty minutes before church starts haha buy was that interesting! As well this week we have had some fairly good lessons with some investigators that are somewhat progressing.
Something I want to share is the importance of the family. The family is crucial to God's plan and for our eternal progression. God's laws will always be the same and we can either follow or not follow, but we have to realize that eternal laws are becoming more white while the world's become darker and darker.

I love y'all and I hope that y'all have a great week!!

Jumping into Technology as a Missionary

This has been a pretty great week! On Tuesday we had a iPads conference and we learned how to use the iPad to study and teach, mind blowing!! We learned how make tags and make different folders for things that we are studying and how to make lesson plans on the Gospel Library app itself. Then we learned how to use the pamphlet app and so
trying to use that instead of paper will be interesting haha  We had some good lessons this week. And a temple trip flopped as well.  We are going to have reschedule Norma's baptism :( she gets sick all the time and so she never comes to church. As well this week a member
from out of town was here for a teacher conference and requested for missionaries to stop by and give her friend a blessing. So we had to go to the hotel and the whole thing was a little weird. We taught the Martinez family again and the mom has been reading a little bit and so they have told us that they really want to learn and come to church so that is exciting!  On Saturday we were suppose to have a temple trip for investigators and less actives but we had to cancel because of rain and because only two other people were going to go. Another day. I can not believe how fast time has flown by. Less that 2 months so I can now say I have less months than you have years to all the new missionaries.....

I know that God lives and that Christ is our Savior and that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is God's Kingdom on earth.


I love you all, God trusts you all, All In!